Newspaper tycoon and entrepreneur, Thaddeus Wilkes married socialite, Louella Landerson and subsequently commissioned the beaux-arts high-rise. The penthouse had been designed specifically to house Wilkes and his new bride; however Thaddeus died under mysterious circumstances before construction was completed. At the time it was rumored to have been a mob hit, retribution for Thaddeus’s brutal assault on the ever growing criminal element taking over the city. Wilkes had made a great many enemies as he’d continually splashed scathing indictments across the front pages of the Wilde City Gazette for months at a time—refusing to let up on those responsible for attempting to bring about the ruination of ‘his’ city. Now considered a historical landmark, the building had been repurposed as condominiums back in the late ‘90s. Constructed out of concrete, limestone and brick, the exterior had been meticulously restored. Much of the interior had been gutted during the remodel, however nearly all of the original architecture and interior finishes of the penthouse and the restaurant called Louella’s, located on the main floor, had been preserved.
